Reforms and Restraints in Modern French Education

by W. R. Fraser

Overview

Originally published in 1971. This book looks at the French educational services. which had been being reformed over the 1960s. The dynamic for change stemmed from population pressures, higher aspirations and students’ dissatisfaction. The author shows how attempts to reform have been limited by administrative, political and cultural restraints. He also explores the whole complex of inter-related professional problems which face the reformers, including the need to revise and modernize the syllabus of work in many subjects, relationships between students and their teachers, and changes in the professional education of teachers. The book will interest all those interested in the working of an educational system and its relationship to the society around it.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138544031
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/02/2018
Series:	Routledge Library Editions: Comparative Education , #5
Pages:	202
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

W. R. Fraser

Table of Contents

General Editor’s Introduction. Preface. Glossary Part 1: The School System 1. Evolution and Mission 2. The Education System and Attempts to Reform It 3. The Ministry of National Education Part 2: The Politics of Education 4. General Issues 5. Political Constraints: Two Case Studies 6. Politics and the University 7. Response from the Government 8. Educational Planning within Limits Part 3: Educational Problems 9. Points of Transition 10. Curriculum and Teacher Education 11. A System: Movement and Restraint